As employees become more globally and technically savvy, it is inevitable that e‐learning finds its way into the practice of intercultural training. After a decade of providing customized face‐to‐face intercultural training, Cendant Mobility’s intercultural experts are responding to the...

Blended solutions for training are growing in popularity, but are they more than just a combination of a range of “real” learning techniques? Is it a learning approach in its own right? Clerical Medical put the new approach to the test. Attracted by the possibility of shortening...

TATA Interactive Systems (TIS), which has one of the world’s largest teams for the design and development of custom‐built e‐learning solutions, is committed to achieving the most exacting quality standards. Towards the end of last year, TIS became the first company providing custom‐built...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively investigate, through literature review of past studies and an in‐field case study, three different hypotheses regarding women working in the IT sector and their career and promotional aspirations. Design/methodology/approach – An...

Purpose – This paper aims to review characteristics associated with digital natives and digital immigrants and explores selected research studies related to information and communication technology. Some of the challenges facing the twenty‐first century in training and developing our future...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to explore the perception of Iranian sample managers and employees from state‐owned organizations on benefits, barriers, and desire to telecommute based on the context of Iran using descriptive analysis. Design/methodology/approach – To address...

Reports on the reasons for failure in IT applications. Looks at typical cases of failure and defines success factors. Concludes that a range of human and technical factors interplay together, to produce project failure. Offers general guidance for project success, with emphasis on management and...

Information technology presents considerable challenges and opportunities to society. Ireland, as a member of the European Union with a small, open economy which is highly influenced by international trends, has a particular interest in this new phenomenon. The manner in which the country meets...

Notes that changing workplace demands are calling for a wide range of skills and competences from the workforce. The question for trainers and educationists is how these can best be developed. Advances in technology mean that it can now be an effective tool in learning and development. Many...

Knowledge and knowledge management are popular phrases these days. Despite the increased sophistication of knowledge management projects and of knowledge management theory development, the information technology‐led perspective dominates. Knowledge transfer is about connection not collection,...